The Chip Franklin Show

Chip talks with Geoff Fowler, San Francisco based Washington Post Technology columnist, about a new covid-19 tracing app that could save lives. Later, Chip chats with meteorologist Matthew Capucci on California’s firenado phenomenon.

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Chip takes your calls on mail-in voting and Trump's attack on the USPS.

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Chip chats with Congressman Ted Lieu about problems with the post office and what Congress is doing to address those issues before November's election.

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Chip talks to Congressman Eric Swalwell about Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate, how the pandemic is being handled in Washington D.C., and whether Congress will pass a new stimulus package to help struggling businesses and small businesses. His new book Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump is available now.

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Chip talks to Washington Post fact checker Sal Rizzo about President Trump's claim that Kamala Harris may not be eligible to serve as VP. Chip then takes your calls about that and Trump's kneecapping of the Post Office.

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Social distancing in college football? Not so much. Chip talks with KNBR’s Larry Kruger on some college football conferences still considering having a season this fall, then Doctor Arthur Caplan, Professor of Bioethics at New York University's Langone Medical Center and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics, weighs in on the issue.

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Chip talks to Pacific Legal Foundation Atty Ethan Blevins about why canceling rent indefinitely might not be such a great idea.

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Chip talks with #testandtrace cofounder Noah Smith on his Bloomberg op-Ed piece about whether superstar cities like San Francisco will bounce back from the pandemic.

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Chip talks with Barney Cargile, who was stuck was stuck on The Grand Princess cruise ship in the Bay back in March. He wrote a book about his family’s ordeal called Thriving in Quarantine.

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Chip chats with Former CNN economics reporter and current Washington Post Economics correspondent Heather Long on how the recession due to Covid-19 is impacting the poor much more than the rich. 

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